MCQs on Indian Year Book 2017 – Polity

MCQs on Indian Year Book 2017 – Polity

(UPSC CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION & OTHER COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS)

Q1. Consider the following Statements regarding membership of Lok Sabha:

The total elective membership of the Lok Sabha is distributed among the states in such a way that the ratio between the number of seats allotted to each state and the population of the state is, as far as practicable, the same for all states.

Following the 84th amendment to the Constitution in 2001, the total number of existing seats as allocated to various states in the Lok Sabha on the basis of the 1971 census shall remain unaltered till the first census to be taken after the year 2026.

Identify the correct statements: a) 1 only b) 2 only c) All are correct d) None

It is the apex policy making body which lays the guidelines for the propagation and progressive use of Hindi as official language of the Union.

It is chaired by Minister of Culture.

Identify the correct statements: a) 1 only b) 2 only c) All are correct d) None

Solutions:

Ques

Sol

Explanation

1

c

2

a

Apart from three Financial Committees, there are 24 department related standing committee which consider demands of grants of various ministries. While members of the Rajya Sabha are associated with Committees on Public Accounts and Public Undertakings, the members of the Committee on Estimates are drawn from the Lok Sabha.

3

a

4

b

The Leaders of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha are accorded statutory recognition.

5

c

6

b

The Cabinet Secretariat functions directly under the Prime Minister.

7

d

Deptt of Pharmaceutical is under Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers. Deptt of Border Mngt is under MHA.

8

c

It prohibits the development, production, execution, transfer, use and stockpiling of all chemical weapons by Member-States in a non-discriminatory manner.